A request for the creation and implementation of environmental education in the northwest region of Washington state is prepared in this project proposal. Designed as a model to aid in the development of a state plan for environmental education, this interdisciplinary, field- and people-oriented project of the Northwest Environmental Education…

This paper is a discussion of several of the short-term, intensive field practica experiences which have been integrated into the Memorial University graduate counselor education program. The approach in counselor education provides needed counseling services to more remote communities, enables school boards to see counselors in action, thus…

Administered by the 21-member School Community Council (SCC), the Fort Gay-Thompson Urban/Rural project attempts to involve both school personnel and community representatives in the planning of the community's educational program. The project's major goals are to develop and implement comprehensive staff training, and to combine efforts of staff…

Describes the organization and operations of the Community Services Team of the Juvenile Welfare Board. Through consultation, planning and funding to child-serving agencies, the team assumes responsibility for identifying weaknesses in service programs for children. (ED)

The growing needs of individuals who did not finish high school and of other adults wish to make changes in their lives can best be met at the local level through education--work programs, or deferred educational and training opportunities, to be used when needed. (EC)

Since 1990, the School of Education at James Cook University has produced and delivered a successful off-campus Bachelor of Education for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in their home communities through the Remote Area Teacher Education Program (RATEP): A community-based teacher education program for Indigenous peoples. This paper…

This article describes several community and parent programs which have been developed to meet children's needs in such areas as day care, nutrition, and tutoring. (BRT)

Peer services of the sixties responding to the needs of the drug culture have evolved in the seventies to focus on problems associated with sexuality and the sexual revolution. They provide information, counseling, and referral for those experiencing sex-related difficulties. (JMF)

Describes the successful joint programing efforts of a public school system and community centers for mental health in providing comprehensive educational services to emotionally disturbed students. (Author)

Comprehensive organizational change was planned and implemented in a community mental health center (CMHC). The planning processes used, responses within the organization to the planned changes, and organizational lessons learned by the CMHC are presented. (Author)

The client-oriented cost outcome system provides feedback of the data generated by or for consumers for a program's service planning, delivery, quality control, and evaluation methods. The system's conceptual framework, necessary components, and applications for program evaluation are described. Available from: Pergamon Press, Maxwell House,…

Describes the Taft Museum In-School program, a cooperative art education project with the Cincinnati public schools which combines a program conducted at the Museum with classroom visits by Museum staff. (BR)

Reviews past, present, future and parent education. Three models of parent education and intervention, designed to have impact through the family, school, or community. (SB)